Sale season

Or why it sucks to be a mannequin in Hong Kong.

Can you feel it? Can you hear it? Can you smell it? The scent of pre-sale season has been replaced by sale season in the air. If aliens landed in their spaceship in the middle of a shopping mall, they'd be confronted with the sight of seething women-beasts ravaging the shelves, leaving half-priced knit tops cosmetic-streaked and mutilated in their wake. Then they'd hightail it out of there as fast as possible and we wouldn't need the likes of Will Smith or other generic action hero to save us.

Not that Hong Kong needs any reason for a sale but you can pick up some very good bargains at this time of the year.



This must be where Bobby Trendy shops at when he's feeling flamboyant. Actually this photo was taken at the last summer sales but I wouldn't be surprised if it's been taken out of the storeroom for another sales blitz attempt. The top is marked down to HK$209 and the pants are an unbelievably low HK$435. No price on the matching choker.

It's a real little bobby dazzler for the incredible level of detail you're getting:



The gauzy scarf adds a touch of whimsy like frosting on a cake made entirely out of frosting. And don't forget the pants too. This is definitely no kindergarten art project we're talking about here:



I like how there's enough embroidery to please a floral jeans aficionado but it doesn't overwhelm the entire length of the pants because nothing screams TACKY! like fully embroidered jeans. Overall, a combination that never goes out of style for tricksy Irish faeries. You'll get lots of wear out of it, especially if you attend parties where the theme is Peter Pan All Grown Up, Out And Starring In A Las Vegas Revue.